BORDER CROSSING TOWARD HUNGARY OPENED IN E.CROATIA

KNEZEVO, Oct 4 (Hina) - The Croatian border crossing Knezevo-Udvar was ceremonially opened on Friday. The opening was attended by Croatia's, Hungary's and UN officials. Croatia's two customs officers, wearing suits without Croatia's state signs, and UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES) representatives will work at the border crossing. Croatian customs and currency regulations will take effect there. UNTAES Transitional Administrator General Jacques Klein said residents of the Croatian Danubian area would freely use the crossing when travelling to Hungary if they had Croatia's documents and identity papers. People who live in the area should be Croatian citizens and take Croatian documents, as the area is de jure a part of Croatia, according to UN resolutions, the American General told Serbian journalists from the region under the UN Transitional Administration. Those people who did not accept Croatian documents, showed that they did not want to be citizens of the country where they were living. This is neither logical nor intelligent. The fact that Croatian customs officers were at the border crossing was more important that there were flags, he said. He added that the possession of Croatian documents would enable people to cast their votes at elections. (hina) jn mš 042047 MET oct 96